chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

102 ELLERMAN
Memonal tournameni. 1935. His 6ne$ ,chieve'
menl was at Noord{ilk 1938, about catcgory 12.
when he rook n^l prize (+6=3) ahead oI xEREs
and EwE. Havi.g realized thai his slyle tended
lowards excessive caurion. Eliskases decided to
play morc enterprisingly in thisevent, a succcssful
modiication that might hale ted to greater
achievements had circursta.ces been more
Iavourable. Afte. the nnion of Gernany and
Austia he won lour tour.amenrs, each time by a
decisive margin: Bad oevnhausen 1938 (+10=5).
BadHarzburgl939(+7=2)aheadolsrAsLBERG,and
the Geman champio.ships ol 1918 .nd 1939. In
1939 he deteated BocouuBow in match play
( + 6:1 I -3). Alo.g wilh nany other competilors
in the Olympiad ai Bucnos Anes, he wassiranded
rnere whe.lhe Second World Wa. bcgan, andhis
inlemationil chess career virtually ceased. Hc
seltlcd in Argenlina and played in nany South
Anerican tonraamcnis wiih fair success, notably
at Mar del Plaia 1948 when he camc list (+9=8)
aheadolStahberg and !^DoF. Eliskases had ihc
unusual distinction ol playing Ior three different
counrries in olympiads: Aushia (1930, 1933,
1935): Gerna.y (1939)i and Arccnriia (1952-
1958. 196l- 1964). In 1935 be made the besl
thnd-board sco,e (+12:6 1).
and became onc of the most sueesstul roumey
conpedors ol his tine. Born in Argentina of
Dulch plrenrs. he lived there all hh lifc and was
enployed hy lhe governoenl as a ches journalist.
in which capaciry he editcd El AiedrezAryentina.a
monlhly magazide, and wrote s€veral cncss bookssome
about problens and sone aboui the game,
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